System and method for internet access to a personal television service

a personal television and internet access technology, applied in the field of personal tv services, can solve the problems of not meeting the increasing needs of defining and capturing program events in a more intelligent way, unable to program his dvr and record the program events that he, etc., and achieve the effect of maximizing the use of the personal tv servi

Active Publication Date: 2011-03-15
TIVO SOLUTIONS INC
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To use the personal TV service more efficiently, two or more DVRs may be connected, either by direct connecti...

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Although the DVR enables users to specify the recording time, channel, and duration for a plurality of events, it cannot meet the increasing needs in defining and capturing the program events in a more in...

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In the following detailed description of the invention, some specific details are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of the presently preferred embodiment of the invention. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the invention may be practiced in embodiments that do not use the specific details set forth herein. Well known methods, procedures, components, and circuitry have not been described in detail.

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A. System for Remote Access to Personal TV Service

Referring to FIG. 1, a communication system for remote access to a personal TV service is shown, generally designated as 100. In accordance with the present invention, a digital video recorder (hereinafter as DVR) 110 installed in a household communicates with a personal TV service center (hereinafter as service center) 130, which provides program guide data, graphical resources (suc...

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A communication system and a family of methods for remote access to personal television service are disclosed. According to this invention, a remote personal TV service center provides centralized program guide information. A user may access to the personal TV service center through a digital video recorder which is connected to the personal TV service center via telephone modem or a network server. A user may access to the personal TV service center through a remote computer terminal or a personal digital assistant which is connected to a computer network. The user selects program events and programs the digital video recorder by using a graphical user interface installed in the front panel of the digital video recorder in case of local programming, or using a similar GUI which is incorporated into the Web pages presented to remote users by a Web server in case of remote programming. The media stream stored in one digital video recorder may be transferred to another digital video recorder. For data security protection during data transfer, all communication are authenticated and encrypted.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Technical FieldThe invention relates to personal television service. More particularly, the invention relates to a communication system and methods for remote access to centralized personal television service via direct telephone connection or indirect network connection.2. Description of the Prior ArtWith the advent of videocassette recorders (VCRs), TV viewers are able to record TV program events that are broadcasted in a given time slot and playback the recorded program content later. During the recording, a VCR changes the electrical signals of a program content into magnetic signals and stores the magnetic signals on magnetic tape. When playing back, the VCR changes magnetic signals into electrical signals and the attached TV set displays the program content of the signals on its screen.With the development of digital technology, the VCRs are being superseded by digital video recorders (DVRs). Like a VCR, the functionality of a DVR is to record bro...

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IPC IPC(8): H04N7/173H04N5/765H04N5/775H04N5/782
CPCH04N5/765H04N21/4622H04N21/4782H04N21/6587H04N21/21815H04N21/2221G11B27/005H04N9/87H04N21/47217H04N9/79H04N5/7755H04N5/782H04N21/4147H04N21/4181H04N21/4334H04N21/47214
Inventor BARTON, JAMES M.PLATT, DAVID C.
Owner TIVO SOLUTIONS INC
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